Fraserville, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)

Fraserville, Town—Ville was a town in Quebec, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 4,175. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q142024. The administrative centroid was at approximately 47.838°N, 69.536°W.

Population

In 1891, Fraserville, Town—Ville had a population of 4,175: 2,094 male and 2,081 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

• In an earlier year, this CSD contained Fraserville, Town—Ville, 1881 (75.1% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Fraserville, Town—Ville shared boundaries with:

• Rivière du Loup

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 85 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 4,175 total population, 2,094 males, 2,081 females, 1,368 married persons, 750 families, 684 married females, 684 married males, 158 widowed persons, 100 widowed females, 58 widowed males, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 2,649 single persons under 18, 1,352 single males under 18, 1,297 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 3,816 French Canadians, 359 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 712 houses, 712 occupied houses, 690 houses of 2 stories, 672 houses built of wood, 309 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 132 houses of 4 rooms, 106 houses of 5 rooms, 68 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 56 uninhabited houses, 51 houses of 3 rooms, 37 houses built of brick, 24 houses of 2 rooms, 22 houses of over 15 rooms, 15 houses of 1 story, 15 houses under construction, 6 houses of 3 stories, 3 houses built of stone, 1 houses of more than 3 stories. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 51,424 pounds of homemade butter, 22,489 bushels of potatoes, 4,657 bushels of oats, 3,906 acres of land in farms, 3,266 bushels of turnips, 3,206 acres of improved land in farms, 2,163 acres of farmland under crops, 2,071 chickens, 1,037 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 882 acres of farmland in pasture, 833 bushels of barley, 768 tons of hay, 700 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 557 acres of hay crops, 549 bushels of spring wheat, 537 bushels of peas, 463 occupants of farms, 453 swine slaughtered or sold, 434 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 388 milk cows, 340 acres of oats, 337 farm occupants who own their land, 326 swine, 298 horses aged over 3 years, 294 sheep, 161 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 150 acres of potatoes, 125 farm occupants who rent their land, 106 sheep slaughtered or sold, 86 other cattle, 60 acres of wheat, 50 bushels of buckwheat, 49 acres of barley, 48 other fowl, 40 bushels of rye, 37 cattle killed or sold, 30 bushels of winter wheat, 27 bushels of beans, 26 oxen, 23 ducks, 22 bushels of corn, 20 horses aged 3 years and under, 16 acres of turnips, 14 geese, 13 turkeys, 12 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 9 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 8 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 7 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 5 persons living on farms over 200 acres, 1 employees on farms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

People with Dictionary of Canadian Biography entries

The Dictionary of Canadian Biography includes biographies of 1 person connected to this place who were alive in 1891, listed below by birth year. Each name links to that person's DCB entry.

Identifiers

• TCP UID: QC192004 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_QC196004 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q142024
• Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup
• Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivi%C3%A8re-du-Loup

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Fraserville, Town—Ville, Quebec (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/qc/fraserville-town-ville-qc192004-1891/.